| 单词 | alley cat |
| 释义 | alley catSEE SYNONYMS FOR alley cat ON THESAURUS.COM nouna homeless, usually mongrel, cat that scavenges for food in alleys, streets, etc. Origin of alley catFirst recorded in 1900–05 Words nearby alley catalleviation, alleviative, alleviator, all-expense, alley, alley cat, alley cropping, all eyes, alley gate, alley light, alley-oop Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for alley catalley cat nouna homeless cat that roams in back streets Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with alley catalley cat A promiscuous woman; also, a person of loose morals. For example, She's constantly picking up men in bars—a real alley cat. This idiom transfers a stray cat that frequents alleys in search of food to a woman of easy virtue, especially a prostitute seeking customers. [Slang; early 1900s] The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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